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Vol. LXXII. No. 14. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1012. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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New Ycrk PcHce 0?.ci:I In
dicted
District Attorney Thinks He Has
Strong Case Against Becker
Three Confessions Taken Separate
ly Confirm Each Other Becker
Told Rose That Rosenthal Had
Lived Too Long and Must be Put
Out of the Way Promised Police
Protection to the Murderers The
Three That Made Confession
Spent Night in Prosecutor's Of
fice, Declaring They Were Afraid
To Stay in the Tombs.
New York, July 30. The arrest
and indictment of Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker for the murder of
Gambler Hermon Rosenthal follow
ed soon after the confession of
"Bald Jack" Hose, "Bridgie" Web
ber and Harry Vallon, repeated to
day to District Attorney Whitman,
the "police system" In all its hlde
ousness. Whitman, following the
trial of the three confessions, con
tinued his search for evidence impli
cating those "higher up" than
Becker, and more indictments of po
lice officials are expected by the
prosecutor. Becker's arrest lays
bare a police department scandal
that threatens to shake it to its
foundations, for Whitman believes
that the story of "police graft" has
only half been told "Bald Jack"
Rose confessed that Becker came to
htm, and fairly desperate over
Rosenthal's intention of telling all
he knew of his relations with
Becker, said:
'Rosenthal has lived too long.
He's got to be put out of the way."
Rose told the prosecutor and grand
jury how the murder band was hired
at Becker's instigation, and that
after the killing Becker promised
complete police protection. The con
fessions show thai; the murderers of
Rosenthal were:
"Lefty Louis," or Louis Rosens1
weig, Harry Horowitz, or "Gib the
Blood," Frank Muller, or "white
Jack" Lewis, and "Dago Frank"
Clroficl. Clroflcl -was apprehended.
These gunmen, members of notori
ous "Big Jack" Zellg's gang, plied
themselves with liquor, then went
out and shot Rosenthal for a price,
Bald to be five thousand dollars.
Terror stricken, Rose, Webber
and Vallon spent the night in the
prosecutor's office, fearing they
would be murdered if taken to tb.e
tombs prison. The prosecutor t;e
lleves his case against Booker is
without a flaw; that the confessions,
taken separately, dove-tailed and
confirmed eh other and cannot be
broken down.
Rose, who says he was Becker's
gambling house collector, felt the
ground slipping from under him day
hv dav. and without money or
friends, he realized he was being
made to bear the weight of the
crime alone. His counsel advised
iilm to confess, thereupon Rose De
( Continued on Page Five.)
SIDEWALK
','"-. ';-.; By Howard
For FJurder mi Otfce
Arrests Expected
CATILINE.
Catiline was a Roman demagogue whose chief occupation was Btart
Inf festering gores on the body pontic. His system was to run for of
fice on the reform ticket, get defeat d, and then assassinated the sucess
ful candidate when he was wholly unprepared for anything of the kind.
Catiline's first name was Lucius Sergius, but people called him,
"Lute" behind his back. He was one of the most expensive dema
gogues Rome ever had, as he was continually inane
ing some prominent citizen to act as the deceased at a
public funeral. It was a dull day for Catiline when
he didn't' scatter a little poisoned soup around or leave
a stiletto adhering to somebody's person.
Catiline made quite a hit as a political boss, and
packed all the caucuses from the Pantheon tothe Ap
pian Way, but whenever he ran for anything himself
the populace would rise up and step on him with so
I J ft I much enthusiasm
S i '' : ' I flclal. count. He
W vj ship- at one time, out Cicero naa pacnea tne election
V ll board with his wife's relatives and burled Catiline
II under one of the most voluptuous majorities ever re-
i
. corded, '
The more Catiline brooded over his dereat the
more discontented he became, so he hired two assas
sins who had built up a large business and contracted
with them to stab Cicero violently i me uinic. mm pian Deing nu
trated, Catiline got -an army together and announced that he would now
tart one of the most Irritating holocausts In the history of Rome.
When Cicero beard of Catiline's threat he rose to a point of order
and denounced the traitor In some of the mos.t vindictive Latin adjectives
then in use, adding to them a few of his own invention. The senate then
had several of Catiline's friends cremated in public, and sent an army in
search of Catiline.
, Tbe army and Catiline found each other about the same time, and.
Catiline did not give up until he had become too porous to hit back. His
death was greeted iwlth sustained applause and numerous demands tor
jm encore. .. , .
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M Add jfreatly to Its Rol
bg Stcck-Agreemer.t
F8ed Today
An agreement between the Bank
ers Trust Company and the Seaboard
Air Line Railway was received at
the office of the register of deeds to
day to be recorded, and will, or
course, be recorded in all other
counties through which the Seaboard
runB. An inspection of the agree
ment' shows that the Seaboard Is
preparing to make extensive addi
tions to Its rolling stock. By the
terms- of the agreement the trust
company is to acquire and sell to the
railway, date of first delivery, Au
gust, 1912, 1,000 box cars, 200 steel
hopper cars, 10 70-foot steel coaches,
7 J 0-foot combination passenger and
baggage coaches, 7 70-foot baggage
and mail cars, 25 caboose cars, 2ti
engines of two or three different
types, .2 wrecking cranes, 3 express
cars and 6 dining cars. All of this
equipment Is to be of the first-class
and of the latest improved model In
construction. All of the engines
but two or three are to be of the
high-powered giant type. The road
is to pay to the trust company for
this equipment ? 2,300,581.42.
XKW BANK PLANNED.
Louislmrg Will Have New Bank
Tobacco Crop Good.
Loulsburg, July 30. There will
very soon be organised a new bank
here, largely in the Interests of the
farmers, called the Farmers Nation
al Bank, with large capital, a store
house Is now being remodeled and
equipped for It.
Tt is said that another cotton seed
oil mill is contemplated by parties
here with ample capital, to be or
ganized In a short time.
We have had hot '86-'92 dry
weather, but the crop and fruit
prospects are very good.
The tobacco crop Is good, end
farmers have commenced, curing it.
It is Bald the market for its sale will
be opened here in about two weeks.
Cotton is said to be irregular In
sections where weather was unfav
orable. The Hill Live Stock Com
pany have commenced the building
of a large cotton gin, it is said It
will be operated by the Monger sys
tem. Fifty horse power noiseless
gasoline engine, and capacity of 40
bales per day with modern double
box revolving press.
Stock Train Derailed.
Boise, Idaho, July 30. One man
was killed, and seven injured, and
eighteen hundred sheep KHled when
an Idaho Northern stock train was
derailed near Gnffey last night.
Fourteen loaded stock cars rolled
down an embankment.
Two Lives Lost In Fire.
Palrlee, Vermont, July 30. Two
persons were burned to death, and
three injured, one probably fatally,
whjen fire destroyed the , Danforth
house. Two persons were inciner
ated. Misses Effia Perkins and Flor
ence Albee.
Steamers Collide.
Rockport, Mass., July 30. The
steamer City of Rockland, bound for
Boston, collided in a fog. with the
collier Chlsholm thirty mile north
east of Boone Island. The Rock
land' passengers were transferred
to the steamer Belfast. '
SKETCHES
L. Rnnn.
that he never had to ask for the of-
rain against Cicero for the consul-
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WHY IN
Japanese People Seem Over
come With Sorrow-President
Taft Sends Message
Tokio, July 30 Great state cere
monies in connection with the
change in the rulership of the Jap
anese empire caused by the death
yesterday of Mutsuhlto and the ac
cession to the throne of his son,
Yoshihito; continued today. An of
ficial decree says the new era will
be known as Talsei. The era
changes with every reign. Calm
prevails throughout the empire. The
nation appears completely overcome
with sorrow. All the people wear
mourning. All festivities nnd pub
lic functions stopped. In the mean
time state functionaries confer at
the palace where they are making
arrangements for the funeral. Ths
new emperor and empress, also the
dowager empress, reemaln in seclus
ion. The only persons permitted to
see them being high functionaries.
COl'NTV ENGINEER
Lee County Commissioners Re
Elect It. P. Coble Teachers In
stitute YeMtertlay.
(Special to The Times.)
Sanford, July 30. The Lee coun
ty highway commissioners met again
yesterday to elect an engineer, not
having been able to agree upon a
man at their previous meetings.
They today re-elected Mr. R. P. Co
ble, of Oxford, they having been ad
vtsed that he would now accept and
enter upon the work as soon as de
sired. The commissioners now feel
sure that work can begin on the
roads without delay.
Arrangements have been made
with each commissioner to have ne
cessary repair work done on old
road in their several townships,
until permanent work can be done.
Lee county teachers institute Is in
a two weeks' session here, uslng-the
Sanford graded school building for
same. The institute is conducted
by Prof. John A. McLeod, of Carth
age, and Prof. M. A. McLeod, of
Broadway, and Miss Addle St. Clair,
of Sanford. Attendance is good;
there being forty to fifty teachers
in attendance and profitable work
Is being done. County Superintend
ent E. M. Judd is also attending the
Institute. At the same time an In
stitute for Colored people Is being
carried on at the colored graded
school building, under the Instruc
tions of Professor McLeod.
'':' Persldent Sends Message.
Washington, July 3 6 President
Taft accompanied by an aide, Major
Rboades, called today at the Japa-
nese embassy, and expressed In per
son to Ambassador Chinda deep re
gret at the emporer's death. The
president received the following
cble from the new Japanese em
peror: ,
i "I 'am deeply" touched by 'your
sympathetic message and offer my
sincere thanks.". ,
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wilt in
IN MOURNING
TH' TARNATION SHOULD
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TITANTIG DISASTER
London, July 30. The judgment
of the British board of trade court
of .Inquiry into the. Titanic disaster.
in which 1,517 souls Bank in mid
ocean after collision with an ice
berg, April 14, was pronounced to
day by Lord Mersey, the presiding
judge. The court found that the
collision was due to the excessive
speeds she was going. That proper
watch was not kept; that arrange
ments for manning the boats were
insufficient; that the liner Califor
nlan might have reached the Titanic
if she had attempted. The -court
exonerated. J. nruce Tsmny, The
judgment recommends move water
tight compartments ia "pa-going
ships, provision of life-boats for all
aboard and mote efficient drill.-! of
the crew.
THK CiltACK TRIAL.
Outline of Defense Expected Today
Grace Appeals For Protection.
Atlanta, Ga., July 30. The name
of Rebecca Sams, a mullatto dress
maker, was brought into the Grace
shooting mystery yesterday, but her
connection with the case was unex
plained. Interest In today's trial of
Mrs. Grace centered upon the prob
able disclosure of her defense, It
is intimated' Mrs. '.Grace 'will try to
show her husband is not paralyzed
from the waist down. Grace under
went the first day in the courtroom
better than the physicians expected.
His nervous condition is indicated
by his fear of death. He'. has-appealed
to the detectives for protec
tion in the courtroom. Grace said:
"I don't trust that woman and I
fear hor friends still more," he said.
Mrs. Grace On Stand.
How Mrs. Daisy Grace once de
clared, "If anybody shot her -husband
Eugene, it was 'J. C a negro
butler," Was reiterated on the stand
today by Mrs. S. L. Hill, Grace's
mother. His mother testified to
what Daisy said, on a visit to her
home at Newman, Ga. Mrs. Hill
said that when Mrs. Grace arrived
she told the latter that Eugene had
been shot. Mrs. Hill testified that
"Daisy said she didn't believe it. I
told Daisy I was afraid Eugene had
shot himself accidentally. Mrs. Hill
said Mrs. Grace exclaimed, "If any
one shot Gene, It was J. C. (negro
butler.) yesterday he nearly beat
Martha to death. Gene told him
If he touched her again he'd wear
his cane out on him. The mother
said he daughter inquired where
Gene was shot and was told through
the lung. When later she told Daisy
that Eugene was alive at the hos
pital, Mrs. Hill said Daisy inquired
about the proximity of the lungs and
heart and remarked she didn't know
anybody who had been ahotithrough
the heart could live. Asked whether
Mrs. Grace ever spoke about Insur
ance, the witness said she remarked
In 1911 that she thought Eugene
should liavo his life Insured for her
protection." Then following, Mrs.
Hill said Mrs. Grace told her Eugene
had his life insured.
Three Killed in Explosion.
Cleveland, July 30. The explos
ion of three magazines in the Austin
powder plant this morning caused
the death of three men. Serious
property damage was done.
I WORRY?"
I. LIB WAS
A DEVELOPER
General Regret That Head of
N. S. Is to Leave Ibis
Section
As published in yesterday's issue
of The Times Mr. K, T. Lamb has
resigned as president and general
manager of the Norfolk -Southern,- t
become the operating head of tin
Atlanta,.'!. Birmingham- and At!aii;i(
which position lie assumes or. Au
gust 1. There had been Tiim.i'rs for
sometime that -Mr. I.amh intended
to resign, but as no definite informa
tion' could be obtained re:ir.lin:; the
matter' it had been 'noed i.y tli
people throughout this section that
the rumor would prove false, 'iiiil
tliat Mr.-:- Lamb would conl:;"e to
devote his time nnd energies to the
development of this immediate sec
turn. nut the announcement' cyme
yesterday '.'confirming the. rnnio
that. Mr. Lamb would cease . "official
connection with the Norfolk 'Smith-
em.
Mr. Lamb had been at the oea 1
of the Norfolk Southern for three
years, go in K to this-road from the
Southern, lie is a Virginian and well
understands the needs of this tec
tion and of the south !n general.
Knowing the need he set himvlf us
bend of the Norfolk Southern to
bring about such development as
would mean the greatest prosperity'
for the section through -which his
road operated. First of all be
sought to give good railroad service,
not only good service, but satisfac
tory service to all the 'people. To
this end complaints, from Individ
uals against the road, no matter
now trivial, received .prompt atten
tion and amicable settleine'it. Then
again he saw the vast undeveloped
resources of eastern North Carolina
and -he sought to make of his road
not only a enrrier, but a developer
and through various means and
agencies the Norfolk Southern has
worked for the upbuilding of (his
great section of the state. Again,
largely through him the road wis
constantly pushing put for a great
er territory nnd Is today engaged in
the greatest railroad building pro
ject that has been undertaken In
this state in years, this beinr the
projected line from Raleigh to Char
lotte by the buying up and cm nett
ing of short lines and bv new construction.-
This work Is well under
way and much of the grading for
the new! rond has already been
done.
With Mr. Lamb nt its head the
business of 'the Norfolk Southern
improved every day. Ha has merit
ed ahd has had the thorough co
operation of the directors of tie
road, lie bas made good in every
place he has held nnd promotion
has come to him because of tins
good work. Porhnps no other rail
road man In the st,ate was so gener
ally liked and trusted by the peo
ple. They naturally feel kindly to
wards mm and wherever he may
go this kindly feeling will follow
aim.
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CAS TRIAL
Frank Gladden Will Be Placed
on Trial Thursday For Mur
der of Mrs. Dixon
(Special to The Ti " . ,
Shelby. N. C. July 3 0 . j ff w
here today ordered a special venire
of I OH men out of which to select a
jury for I In; trial of Prank Gladden,
(white), alleged murderer... ol Mrs.
John Dixon. A motion was made to
quash the hill of indictment found
against, him hi January on the
ground that that was a special term.
The motion was overruled and the
case will be reached Thursday, to
morrow will be consumed in trying
minor jail cases.
Yesterday there was a disappoint
ed crowd in town because Judge F.
A. Daniels who was scheduled to
hold the court -was detained in
Charlotte on an .important case and
could iiol reach here to open court.
l ie wrote 'Sheriff 1). D. Wilktns that
he would be here tills liiorning. The
sheriff c.alle dilie court to order y-
terday "morning at 10 o'clock and
again at 2 o'clock, but adjourned
both times..
It is rumored on the streets that
the attorneys for the defense will
make a motion to move the case to
another county on the ground that
the minds of the people are too pre
judiced to get a fair and impartial
hearing. It is thought, howaver,
that the motion -will not be pressed
if it is made. O. M. Gardner, 1-. B.
Wetmore and N. V. . McMillan are
representing the accused man while
Solicitor George Wilson is being as
sisted in the prosecution by Clyde
U. Hoey and Thurman B. Falls.
The Dixon murder case is the mo
not;d crimiml action that has ever
been died in Cleveland county and
the biggest .attendance, ever drawn
to a court room in this county is ex
pected. At the special term in Janu
ary when sleet and snow covered the
ground, the crowd could not get in
the -spacious new court building.
Just what new evidence the prose
cution has is not known. They re
fuse to divulge just what, they hope
to prove other than the implication
by the condemned man. Mr. and Mr.
Jno. Dixon were killed in their
pretty country -home near Fallston
on the night of December 12. He
was called out of the house and
brutally murdered with an axe. Mrs.
Clayton Dixon was then murdered
in the house with a blunt instru
mcjtt, supposedly on axe. the infant
by her side being the only member
of the household whose life was
spared. John Koss was arrested as
suspect' along with Cnllen Mull, Will
and Hack Ross. These Were later
released. Ross told several stories
about the crime, implicating various
individuals, but just before the spe
Hal term in January he confessed
that be wielded the axe that killed
Mr. Dixon. He claimed that' Frank
Gladden, a white man when living
in the community persuaded him to
aid In the crime and that a mys
terious, n n'ecognizalile man was a
third party. Gladden was arrested
having moved to Shelby in the
'liieantiine nnd '' established himself
in tlie barber business. True bills
were found against him for the
murder of both, but he was acquit
ted fo rthe murder of Mr. Dixon,
Ittiss' 'unsupported, testimony not
being strong'.enough to convince the
jury that be was telling the truth In
view of the manv varying stories
he told. Gladden was released until
a month ago when he was re-arrest
ed. Detective S. I-. Branch work
ed CO .days trying to ferret out the
crime and it is thought he has some
startling new evidence. When Glad"'
den was placed in jail Ross was
brought from 'Raleigh and put in
an adjoining cell, but the white man
refuses to co.iverse with him despite
bis prayers and pleadings. Ross
was ' given two respites. lie is
scheduled to die In 'the electric chair
August 1 Ith.
KOI? XKW DKI'OT
Southern Hailuay Likely . to Give
Concord New Station Soon.
Concord, July 30,-Mayor Wagon
er has received a telegram from
Chief (frcliitect T. H. Gatliri, of the
Southern Hallway, requesting him
to arrange a meeting for tlie pur
pose of discussing the proposed new
depot for Concord with the city al
dermen. Mayor Wagoner telegraph
ed Mr. (la'.lin that the board would
be ready to meet the representatives
of the railroad ut. any time.
For more than two years the peo
ple hero have been agitating the
movement for a new depot. The rail
road Anally .agreed to build one and
had .plans made of the building. The
citizens, however, were not satisfied
with the proposed building, alleging
that i was Inadequate for the needs
of the town, in the meantime the
railroad made ready a site for the
new station. The matter was then
dropped and this is the first move
that-has been made In the matter in
several months.
Mr. Gatlln will probably be here
In a few days and it Is likely that
an agreement can be reached as to
me Kino ot station that will be ac
ceptable to the people "here.
OD
WORI
BY FIREJRUCK
Demonstration on Streets
Today Attracts a Big
Crowd
C0f,ll
E
Ve3,
Brings Bark
Recollection tVhen
Chemical Apparatus First Became
Known and When All Fire Fight
ing Equipment Was" Polled by
Hand Sixty-Five Miles Per itour
oiT Fayetteville Street Is Fast
Running First Motor Driven
Fire Wagon Seen In Ilaleigh.
That famous poem, "The Night
Alarm," is all out of date now. The
thrilling dash through the streets of
splendid steeds with manes a-flylng
iid hoofs a-t'.attering Is to be a
thing of the past in Raleigh. The
small boy whe used to stand with
mouth wide open will continue to
take an interest in fire fighting. He
will look on the iron horse with a
new sense of wonder. There will
be no hoof-beats on the pavements
now there will be no plunging
horses held by a strong-armed driver
and there will be no more escort of
boys, dogs, delivery wagons and nig
gers. The escort will bocome the
rear guard and the noisy clatter Of
hoofs will be replaced by the thund
ering exhaust of a modern gasoline
motor. -
It was 17 minutes after 9 o'clock
bis morning when Driver . Welan't,
of the l.aFrance motor truck recejv.
ed the signal to start from the-ten-
tennial school gate, where a big. bon
fire of dry goods boxes and crates
had been lighted. The big truck
shot away smoothly and quickly, lt ,
5 horsepower motor, running Wltn-
out a muffler, doing full duty up
Fayetteville street to the capltol,
around Morgan, Wilmington, Eden-
ton, Salisbury, and back Into Fay
etteville, dodging wagons, trolley
cars, building material and pe4
estrians with perfect ease under the
steady guidance of Mr. Weiant, as
the passengers on the truck distinct
ly felt their hearts thumping In their
throats.
The streets were lined, packed
and jammed with spectators, but
there was no dispute about right Of
way, and the fire truck's bell ,on
this occasion was practically super
fluous. From the south entrance ot
the capltol to the Masonic Temple, a
distance of one block, the truck at
tained a speed of 58 miles per hour.
and the speedometer hand did not
drop below that until it reached
Cabarrus street. At the school gate
a beautiful stop was made, and Kal
eigh firemen themselves manned tne
chemical apparatus and extinguished
the fire promptly. From the mo
ment of starting until the first
stream on the fire, the time for the
entire jojurney was three mlnuteB
and fifty-eight seconds. This is
truly a remarkable record, consider
ing the course covered. The big
truck behaved splendidly as It has
ever since it came to Raleigh. Ral
eigh firemen are elated over the
prospects of having a modern, fire
lighting machine, which will enable
the city to successfully handle a
blaze before it gains headway.
The demonstration today brought
back recollections in the minds of
some of the city's old ex-flremen.
who did valuable work years ago,
even before the time of horse
drawn equipment. In the early
eighties a test of chemical appara
tus was made in a manner similar
to this morning's performance. The
vehicle, though, was not a motor
truck, nor even a horse truck It
was a hand wagon. At that time
the Hescue company had a steamer,
also hand-drawn, and a new chemi
cal cart was to be demonstrated
through a competition with the
steamer.
Two big bonfires were prepared In
the city lot, both the same size. ThB
Rescue steamer company, of which
the late W. M. Rubs was captain,
made a spectacular run with lta hu
man motive power and promptly ex-
unguisnea. one ot the blazes. The
other bonfire was lighted and the
new tangled chemical contraption
was turned loose on it. The chemi
cals put the blaze out 'at once add
the firemen were all so jubilant that
they went in a body to Market Place
and put themselves on the outside
of anything they wanted, compli
ments of the proprietors. While ei
ulting over their then-wonderful ma
chine, the pile of rubbish blazed Up
again and the old Rescue had to put
It out while the chemical outfit
waited for a recharge.
The same old outfits, discarded
years ago, now repose peacefully In
the city lot, a pathetic picture com
pared to modern lire fighting equip
ment. Many of Raleigh's best citi
zens recall brave service that the
pld hand wagons .did,, and. mmy-t
them also recall those various hats
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